FarmerShop
Problem
We know Bangladesh is an agricultural country.About 80% of our people depends on agriculture directly or indirectly.But most of the farmers don't get their right value.As a result,many farmers are turning away from agricultural work.Now a days we see in newspaper that,some farmers are ruin their crops for lack of right value.It is very harmful for their family and a great threat of our agriculture.
Solution
"FarmerShop" is a cloud platform where the farmers can create their shop,advertise and sell their agricultural products to retailers and wholesalers.Marginal,small and illiterate farmers who has not enough knowledge or ability to buy smart device,we create their shop through our service.
Impact
By using "FarmerShop",Farmers will sell their products with market price and communicate with consumer directly.For that they will be very happy and inspired in farming.At the same time,millions of consumer get fresh products and see farmers photo which product they buy.
In Agriculture Industry there are thousands of problems. I mentioning some problem here.
- Farmers do not get right value.
- Farmers ruin their own products.
- For poor price sometimes they don't want to carry their goods in market.
- Now a days production cost is very high. So they lost their interest from agriculture.
We think more than 40% population are affected for this kind of problem.
There is no exactly same solution in Bangladesh.But there are many e-commerce site in Bangladesh.Most of the online-shop sold other products like sari, cosmetics, shirt, pant, electronics, books, daily used goods. There also some e-commerce site for agricultural products. But there is no facilities for farmers.
Every farmers meed to be benefited with their agricultural products to get a better price. Besides, businessman also wants to be benefited. On the other hands, customer wants fresh and adulterated product for eating. In short, I think if we perfectly run this project all the population will be benefited.
Some days ago, I got a survey in my local area. Most of the farmers are highly appreciate but some are not realize. Two years ago I generate this idea in my University project course. 50% work of our site is completed in locally.In first phase, I want to create smart website for this and give advertisement. It is also very important to communicate with farmers and business for advertisement.
The Solutions we provide:
- Easily communicate with customer.
- Customer will search nearest farmer products easily.
- Consumers have to pay for local products before or after picking them but when the product will not local, customer have to pay before picking.
- Integrate with popular mobile payment system like bkash or nogod to facilitate quick and direct transaction between farmer and customers.
We use mobile apps and website for our system. In future we provide transport facilities from farmers to consumers.
- Increase opportunities for people - especially those traditionally left behind – to access digital and 21st century skills, meet employer demands, and access the jobs of today and tomorrow
- Technology
- Concept
Cloud shop for farmers is a unique idea. I think it will be the first agricultural cloud shop in Bangladesh. When we complete the project there will create a new dimension of business for marginal farmer and small businessman or wholesaler.
- Facilities: Farmers will gain their right value in various aspect of their life and lead a better life, feed and educate their child. On the other hand, consumer learn about a new technology where they come to know which product are available in near villages and near farmers and farmers upload their products image, quality, video which are helpful to get proper price and directly communicate with consumers.
- System Development: We will develop the system within this year both website and mobile apps so that everyone will access our system from anywhere.
Farmers upload their up to date products image and information in their shop. Continuously, consumer requested their desired product in our “FarmerShop” platform.
We will make our software more relevant and user experience where the will see real augmented image in short term outcome. For long term we develop our system for IOS devices.
- Marketing: For becoming profitable business with this project we have to arrange huge marketing in rural and city area. Besides we have to social media marketing, newspaper, TV advertisement etc.
- Women & Girls
- Rural Residents
- Urban Residents
- Low-Income
- Middle-Income
- Minorities/Previously Excluded Populations
- Refugees/Internally Displaced Persons
- Persons with Disabilities
- Nepal
- India
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
- United States
- Nepal
- India
- Maldives
- Sri Lanka
- United States
- We are not serving any people now.
- Within 1 year we want to serve 10k people.
Within 5 year we want to serve 100M people.
Now we are designing our software and I think we complete it within this year, 2019.
I mentioned our 4-5 years goal in bellow:
1.2020: In 2020 we will make our complete website and mobile apps for both farmer and consumer and simultaneously we started our service in small (only one district).
2.2021: We contact a partnership with a secure mobile payment organization like bKash, sure cash and continue testing our software and fixe the issue and flexible in user experience.
3.2022: Enhance business in other major cities in Bangladesh and try to provide transport services to our customer and farmer.
4.2023: Expand FarmerShop to every city in Bangladesh.
5.2024: We wish we have to registered 10, 0000 shop in cloud market places from every places in Bangladesh.
Developers: I have no other developer with me in our team. I want some talented front-end and back-end developer to develop this project.
Financial: It is a big barrier for me, because if we connect all the villages and district under our services there will need more people and own transport service of our company.
Developers: Now I am developing my software without any developer. Personally I can work both front-end and back-end.
Financial: Firstly I wish I would win the Tiger It challenge. Besides, I will apply to external inventors in Bangladesh for investing this project.
- Hybrid of for-profit and nonprofit
I (Binayak Ray) working full time and one of my friend is part time.
I plan to hire a part time contractual full-stack developer.
Our team is combined with two members. Madhury Mondal is designer and adviser of this project. I develop the system alone. I think if my idea is generated it will be very beneficial to poor and develop country. Then I wish I would expand my business those countries.
Our business model consists with three models:
1. Farmer membership fee: Monthly 300-400 BDT fees will be provided for a shop. If a farmer do not pay monthly fees they should be a partner us for their shop. But for this case they should provide our company some percentage from their profit.
2. Consumer Transport fee: The transport fee have to be provided by consumer if they use our own transport.
3. Consumer Membership fee: As our consumer included businessman, so they should provided 500-1000 BDT month fees according to their business.
To start FarmerShop, external investment is needed for us.When we will go to a good position we will start to gain revenue from farmers and consumer membership and percentage of some shop.
As it is a big idea, it is not possible to complete and make it profitable business without any financial support or fund. But it is not impossible at all. For this reason, we are applying to the tiger Challenge.
If we get a support from Tiger IT Foundation, I think "FarmerShop" will change a huge amount of poor people lives in Bangladesh and all over the world.
- Technology
- Business model
- Distribution
- Funding & revenue model
- Legal
Our main partner is all kind of farmers. We want to change their lives through our system. Simultaneously our revenue will automatically increase.
Our other partners are small and big wholesalers.
